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Update: Square Enix Starts California Game Studio — A Portent For The Future?

Monday, November 17, 2008

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Update: Square Enix Starts California Game Studio — A Portent For The Future?

Update: Square Enix USA president John Yamamoto has confirmed that the LA studio will be working on small downloadable titles, evaluating middleware solutions for Japan, and - perhaps - helping drive a multiplatform future for the company. Full interview at Gamesindustry.biz. Original Story: To say that of late, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has been outspoken about [...]

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Kongregate Invents Kongregate Labs, Offers Interactive Tutorials and Cash Prizes to New Developers

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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Kongregate Invents Kongregate Labs, Offers Interactive Tutorials and Cash Prizes to New Developers

I'm a big fan of Kongregate; I've made no secret of that. I think what they're doing to mix the addictiveness of achievements with interesting new indie games is wonderful, and the way they support aspiring developers -- sharing ad revenue, giving front-page space to new titles, handing out cash prizes based on games' ratings [...]

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Steam Offers Game Mods for Free

Monday, September 29, 2008

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Steam Offers Game Mods for Free

Valve's Source game engine may be nearly four years old, but the price is right -- anybody who buys a single Source-powered game can download the Source SDK for free, via Steam. (Didn't know you had it? Check your "Tools" tab in Steam.) Valve has also used their online delivery system to keep their game [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.20.08

Friday, June 20, 2008

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.20.08

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: Guitar Hero: World Tour details revealed at (IGN) LittleBigPlanet will have some semblance of story, feature user-policing for adult content (PS3 Fanboy) "On September 2nd, shovel talks. You dig. Monsters die," and Atlus sets you to work building dungeons in Master of the Monster Lair for Nintendo [...]

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Promises, Promises: Sony PlayStation 3

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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Promises, Promises: Sony PlayStation 3

Today, Sony revealed that they will finally provide the in-game XrossMediaBar functionality that was first demonstrated back in 2006, as well as the "trophy" achievement system promised in early 2007, as a part of their v2.4 software update for the PlayStation 3. They're not saying when it will arrive, but perhaps that's a wise choice; [...]

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The Telltale Art: Developing Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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The Telltale Art: Developing Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People

GameCyte talks with Telltale Games about Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. (Part one of a series)

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